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The article focuses on violin maker Franjo Kresnik, known in Italian circles as the man who reads violins. It is mentioned that Kresnik's reputation as an expert was secure by the end of the Stradivari bicentenary exhibition. It refers to his kknowledge as largely self-taught and gained from books. It refers to the first publication demonstrating Kresnik's interest in theoretical issues that appeared in 1932 in Paris, France.